Gideon J Lowe (1816 - 1894)

Born 18 May 1816 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Fletcher (Curry) Lowe — married 28 Apr 1838 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1894 at age 77 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

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Gideon Lowe is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Gideon J Lowe was born 18 May 1816 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas to John "Jockie" Lowe and Mary Ann "Polly" Curry Lowe. He was the grandson of Gideon Lowe Jr & Nancy Saunders Lowe.

He married Mary Fletcher Curry, daughter of Benjamin Curry and Catherine Sawyer Curry, 28 April 1838 at Green Turtle Cay. They had children all born in the Bahamas: Lucinda Lowe, Emma Lowe, and Gideon William Lowe.

The Lowe family emigrated to Key West in 1848. Passengers on the manifest included: Gideon J Lowe, Mary Fletcher Curry Lowe and their family, Gideon's brother Joseph Lowe and his wife Christiana Curry Lowe and their infant daughter Adaline Lowe, Polly Curry, and children Richard and Martha Curry. Albert Saunders, age 20, was also traveling with them.

Gideon J Lowe, dry goods merchant, died 22 March 1894 in Key West, Florida at 77 years of age. He was buried in the City Cemetery.

Sources

• 1 St. Matthew's Birth & Baptism Records.

• 2 U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959

• 3 United States Census, 1850, Monroe, Florida; page 157B, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 59.

• 4 United States Census, 1860, Monroe, Florida; page 386, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 108.

• 5 United States Census, 1870, Monroe, Florida; page 386, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 108.

• 6 United States Census, 1880, Key West, Monroe, Florida; ED 114, page 226B, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 131.

• 7 State of Florida, 1885, Key West, Monroe, Florida; page 42, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org).

Bahamas DNA Project, Direct Paternal Line Descendant Charts https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/bahamasdnaproject/bahydna.htm

DNA

Paternal 3rd Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 109124